Source: U of T News Published: February 27, 2024 By Advancement Staff A milestone investment in the African Studies Centre and the Centre for Caribbean Studies at the University of Toronto will help attract top experts in the field, energize the next generation of researchers and engage students in advanced scholarship. The $5-million donation from alumnus Richard Rooney, … Continue reading Historic gift for African Studies and Caribbean Studies programs at University of Toronto
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The University of Toronto has launched a Call for Proposals to support collaborative education and research initiatives with institutions in Latin America and/or the Caribbean in areas of Human Migration and/or Climate Change and Sustainability. Notice of Interest Deadline: February 18, 2024, at 11:59 pm ESTSubmission Deadline: April 14, 2024, at 11:59 pm EST Background … Continue reading February 5, 2024… University of Toronto – Call for Proposals
Black History Month in Canada is a time of reflection, celebration, and recognition of the contributions that people of African and Caribbean descent have made to the nation’s cultural, economic, political, and social fabric. In 1995, after a motion by the first Black Canadian woman elected to Parliament, Jean Augustine, the House of Commons officially … Continue reading Black History Month in Canada
A scene from a banana town in Honduras run by the United Fruit Company (photo by Rafael Platero Paz) Published: November 27, 2023 By Sharon Aschaiek On the surface, bananas seem an uncontroversial fruit – delicious, nutritious and widely consumed all over the world. But peel back the layers and you’ll find that the banana has much to … Continue reading November 27… U of T prof uses the ubiquitous banana to explore capitalism’s history in the Americas
https://youtu.be/-8KLGpUOLNM Published: October 12, 2023 By Tina AdamopoulosA growing academic space at the University of Toronto Scarborough is offering students a meaningful outlet to engage with music from the African diaspora. Led by Assistant Professor Mark V. Campbell, the Afrosonic Innovation Lab explores – and experiments with – Black music and sonic cultures from across … Continue reading October 12, 2023… Afrosonic Innovation Lab: Artists and scholars explore music of the African diaspora
Published: September 6, 2023 By Sean McNeely Julie-Ann McCausland, a former civil servant and Justice of the Peace in Jamaica, is seeking to highlight the experiences of women in Canada’s Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program (SAWP). A second-year PhD student at the University of Toronto’s Women & Gender Studies Institute (WGSI) in the Faculty of Arts & Science, McCausland is examining … Continue reading September 6, 2023… “Alot of hardship”: Researcher explores the experiences of women who are seasonal workers
Alyssa Nurse, a member of Victoria College, immersed herself in campus life through student organizations and by editing a journal focused on the study of the Caribbean and its peoples (photo courtesy of Alyssa Nurse) Published: May 31, 2023 By Sean McNeelyAlyssa Nurse remembers feeling a mix of trepidation and excitement as she stared out … Continue reading May 23, 2023… University of Toronto grad Alyssa Nurse built community through her Caribbean connections
Published: February 13, 2020 By Sean McNeely On a recent flight to Toronto, Connie Carter beamed as she filled out her customs form. In the box that asked for her nationality, she was able to print “Canadian” for the very first time. “I felt such pride,” says Carter, who was born in Jamaica, educated in … Continue reading February 13, 2020… Global Citizen Connie Carter creates University of Toronto scholarship to boost Caribbean presence on world stage